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The 6 Biggest Financial Mistakes to Avoid in Your 30s

Success

That keeping up with the Joneses can lead to expenses surpassing income—and the debt that comes with it. in 2011 to 27.3 Building income may mean asking for a promotion or a raise, negotiating a higher salary at a new job or asking for stock options as part of a total benefits package. “It While the average age in the U.S.

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How to Create Strategic Partnerships

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Then call up past business partners, employers and employees.” Proof it works: Schaus’s profits grew by 15% from 2011 to 2012 as a result of her partnerships. When a client comes to me and asks for a service outside my area of focus, I refer them to one of my partners, with whom I have a pre-negotiated referral fee.

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Inside the Peterborough PA Network

Practically Perfect PA

Next up in our series of blog posts about regional PA networks, we have the Peterborough PA network. I left primary teaching in June 2011 and started at Data Interchange as an Office Administrator shortly afterwards. What made you decide to set up the network? Firstly, can I have a little background about you….

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The Truth About Impostor Syndrome and How to Overcome It

Stephanie LH Calahan

Research published in the International Journal of Behavioral Science in 2011 suggests that approximately 70 percent of people will experience at least one impostor syndrome episode in their lives. Social media users have created a voyeuristic environment where we can easily get caught up in “comparisonitis.”

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10 Secrets to Successful Professionals Achieving Work/Life Balance

Productivity Bits

Copyright © 2011 Marlon Ribunal. 9 – Negotiate Flexibility. That negotiation might include adding more staff to the team to help with a project, or negotiating a shared work situation where we work fewer days each week, and sharing the position with someone else who wants to work part time too. Guest Post.

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Dealing Effectively With Information Overload At Work

Productivity Bits

Copyright © 2011 Marlon Ribunal. Working on extended hours might just be OK once in a while but doing that over and over up to a point that it becomes a habit can only mean two things: You’re either workaholic or mismanaging your work. When nagging deadlines confront you head on, learn to negotiate. Follow me on t witte r.

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Business Insider Feature Story on Former Celebrity Assistant Bonnie Low-Kramen

Bonnie Low Kramen

” Low-Kramen left that role in 2011 to create her own company , which specializes in training would-be celebrity personal assistants, as well as write books and give speeches on what VIP life was like IRL. “To keep up, she signed as many as she possibly could, but I did a great forgery.”

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